The article examines the sanctions model of
principal-agent relations versus the selection model in which the
principal and the agent…
Many developing countries have a history of highly centralized governments. Since the late 1980s, a large number of these governments have…
First published in Philosophy & Public Affairs 35 (2007): 359-400.
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The notion of a “resource curse” has been most commonly applied in explaining why many countries apparently blessed with abundant reserves…
We exploit random assignment of gender quotas for leadership positions on Indian village councils to show that prior exposure to a female…